Morcilla de Calabaza

PIMENTÓN AHUMADO (SMOKY SPANISH PAPRIKA) IS REGARDED AS A NATURAL FOOD PRESERVATIVE BY MANY SPANIARDS. THEY SAY A COMBINATION OF THE NATURAL CHEMICALS INFUSED INTO THE PEPPERS AS THEY DRY OVER THE FIRE AND SOME COMPOUNDS IN THE PEPPERS THEMSELVES ACT AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS. THAT IS WHY SO MANY SPANISH EMBUTIDOS (SAUSAGES AND CURED MEATS) ARE MADE WITH PIMENTÓN AHUMADO. MORCILLA DE CALABAZA IS TRADITIONALLY A PUMPKIN AND PORK SAUSAGE MADE WITH A LOT OF SALT, STUFFED INT